If I do have this neuropathy is it fatal? I'm 34, married with two boys 8 and 5. I just don't understand how a month ago I was tingling in the feet and now it moves all over. It's scary stuff.

It's all sensory at this point with no motor. I'm not aware of any autonomic issues. I can stand up without fainting, I go potty like normal except when I take a leak and put it back up there's always a little left over lol...dangit ok I said it I pee a little on myself but this isn't a new symptom.

[mrsD]

Get your spine evaluated for disc herniations, or other pathologies. And also see if you have some prostatitis...as this can happen at any age for a man.

Originally Posted by mrsD

Get your spine evaluated for disc herniations, or other pathologies. And also see if you have some prostatitis...as this can happen at any age for a man.

Interesting and thank you. I notice most of my issues are on the left side of my body...face all the way down to my toes. Would that be spine?

[Healthgirl]

Mine all started on the left side and I was convinced it was my spine. Ive been told by 3 neurologists and 2 spinal surgeons that it isn't. You still have a lot of tests to undergo though... Complete spine and brain MRI will probably follow the EMG.

Originally Posted by Healthgirl

Mine all started on the left side and I was convinced it was my spine. Ive been told by 3 neurologists and 2 spinal surgeons that it isn't. You still have a lot of tests to undergo though... Complete spine and brain MRI will probably follow the EMG.

Roger Healthgirl

Kinda freaked out it could be Cancer. What tests determine if it's Cancer?

[echoes long ago]

there are blood test panels for paraneoplastic cancers that also cause peripheral neuropathy.

Originally Posted by echoes long ago

there are blood test panels for paraneoplastic cancers that also cause peripheral neuropathy.

I'm going to request to be tested for that.

[Coriny]

Originally Posted by UTGrad

Kinda freaked out it could be Cancer. What tests determine if it's Cancer?

They should order a 24 hr urine and serum protein electropheresis. The also do random, but I know that the 24 hr reveals more. A decent screening test for cancer as well as many other things. Often neuropathy occurs in cancer patients after chemo and/or radiation. CRP blood test can reveal an inflammatory process and has almost replaced the ESR. I have had many tests, but my symptoms are quite different from yours. I have been a medical technologist (scientist) form 20 yrs. I worked at St Louis University Hospital. I know a lot about body fluids, but little about this neuropathy. I have been educating myself. God Bless and God Speed!!